LAYOFFS ANOTHER BLOW TO GRAND BAHAMA
(NOTE: While doing research for an article I am planning to write on the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA), I ran across this LETTER TO THE EDITOR I wrote on …
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AGRICULTURE MINISTER ARGUES POLICY MUST BE DATA-DRIVEN
NASSAU, Bahamas — Cabinet minister has underscored the need for “data” to drive government agricultural policy, with stakeholder consultation “as often as possible” critical to this effort, The Tribune …
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DPM SAYS MEETING INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS BEYOND FISCAL CAPACITY OF GOVERNMENT ALONE
NASSAU, Bahamas — Meeting the needs of The Bahamas in regard to infrastructure “is beyond the fiscal capacity of the government alone”, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance …
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GIBSON HITS BACK AT McALPINE’S CRITICISMS OF LONDON TRIP
NASSAU, Bahamas — Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) Executive Chairman Adrian Gibson said Pineridge MP Frederick McAlpine’s assertion last week that the WSC board unnecessarily traveled to London, England, …
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REFLECTIONS BY ELISABETH ANN BROWN
LOSING THE ONES YOU LOVE WASHINGTON, DC, September 30, 2018 – Most people at some time or another have experienced the grief and overwhelming sadness of losing a loved one. …
Read MoreHIGH COMMISSIONER WITH ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AT SERVICE OF COMMITMENT
LONDON, England — His Excellency Ellison Greenslade, QPM, Bahamas High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, is pictured with the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at the Service …
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ATTENTION EDUCATION MINISTER JEFF LLOYD
By OSWALD T. BROWN WASHINGTON, D.C. — In my OSWALD BROWN WRITES column on August 10, 2018, I offered some advice to Bahamas Minister of Education Jeff Lloyd and …
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MINISTER COMMENDS E CLEMENT BETHEL NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL WINNERS
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama — Twenty-nine winners of the 59th Annual E Clement Bethel National Arts Festival on Grand Bahama received their awards on Friday at the Hilton Outten Convention …
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EXCITEMENT THROUGHOUT OLE MISS CAMPUS WITH GB COACH YO’S COMPELLING PRESENCE
(In his SPORTS SCOPE column in the Freeport News, Fred Sturrup focuses on a “chat” he recently had with University of Mississippi’s Communications Specialist Ty Wooten relative to and …
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CREDIT UNION OPENS MARKETPLACE BRANCH
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama — Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest this week opened the Grand Bahama Cooperative Credit Union’s newest branch office in the Port Lucaya Marketplace. He said the …
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